European Alternatives is a project that collects and analyzes European alternatives to digital services and products, such as cloud services and SaaS products. We regularly receive advice and suggestions from European Alternatives users, so feel free to reach out!
- Web analytics services
- Cloud computing platforms
- Content delivery network (CDN) services
- Email providers
- Virtual private server (VPS) hosters
- Search engines
- Transactional email service
- Domain name registrars
- Time tracking apps
- Navigation apps
- Uptime monitoring services
- File hosting services
- Machine translation services
- Object storage providers
- Microblogging services
- VPN services
- Managed DNS providers
- Professional networking platforms
- Function as a service (FaaS) providers
- Platform as a service (PaaS) providers
- Error tracking services
- Electronic signature software
- Public DNS resolvers
- Payment service providers
- Captcha services
- Spelling and grammar checkers
- Password managers
- Instant messaging apps
- Version control services
- Identity and access management (IAM) services
- Live chat software
- Web browsers
- Video conferencing software
- Document collaboration services
- Calendar services
- Email marketing services
- Font services
- WordPress hosting providers
- Team communication services
- Managed Kubernetes services
- Video hosting services
- Video platforms
- Maps API services
- Tag management systems
- DDoS protection services
- Session recording tools
- ACME SSL certificate providers
- Survey tools
- Marketing automation software
- Project Management Software
- SMS APIs
I found that it was all Indian IPs and blocked half of country at firewall level. All was well. I could go to sleep. But then suddenly someone messaged me and said why don't I let him use WhatsApp. Then 100 users started messaging me. Then 1000s. My Facebook was blowing up. I was now thinking I was under the most sophisticated attack ever on a personal level.
So instead of banning the entire country via firewall or a "fatal error" message I created this message and asked users to follow @browserling and tweet messages about it. TAIWAN NUMBER ONE! COMPETITORS NUMBER NINE!
It turns out users in India can't easily make online USD purchases with credit or debit cards as it requires a special bank permission.
I got to work and over last two weeks I built a "WhatsApp over Browserling for India in an old browser on a $20 Jio Phone".
While I was working on Indian version, the word spread to Cameroon and Nigeria where people also use cheap phones that can't run Whatsapp or other software, because government blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other websites.